Retro Takeover

The MAME dev team have updated their emulator once again. Check below for the download and changelog, Via 1Emulation, MAMETesters Bugs Fixed ———————————— - 03191: [Crash/Freeze] armchmp2: Allowing Demo to run triggersTest Mode (hap) - 02916: [Crash/Freeze] srmvs: [debug] Assertion (Aaron Giles) - 03300: [Crash/Freeze] tmmjprd, tmpdoki: [debug] Crash after OK (Aaron Giles) - 03310: [Misc.] cobram3, cobra: Parent/clone relationship missing (Aaron Giles) - 03311: [Misc.] p911uc, p911j: chd a00c02 is used in both clones but they use different hashes (Angelo Salese) Source Changes —————————– Added... read more >>

Another minor update to the Atari 2600 emulator. Download file from below link, Via Emulation1: May 1, 2009 Stella release 2.7.7 for Linux, Mac OSX and Windows is now available. Ports to other operating systems will be released as they become available. - Corrected emulation of CPU opcodes involving ‘decimal’ mode (ADC/RRA and SBC/ISB). Special thanks to SeaGtGruff and others on the Stella mailing list for in-depth discussion and creation of test ROMs. - Fixed bug in F4SC bankswitching mode; writes to bankswitch addresses weren’t triggering a bank switch. - Changed internal sound frequency of Pitfall 2 from 15.75KHz to 20KHz,... read more >>

The ScummVM team has an update to their already rad PC emulator. Here are the details to the recent update, Via ScummVM: It was not that long since our previous release, and now here is a new bugfix release hot off the press! The list of fixed bugs is quite long, and you could read all of it in the release notes, but here is a summary for those of you who are too lazy to follow the links and eager to play the games better. SAGA: Inherit the Earth is completable again; AGOS, Groovie, Sword2: fixed many sound-related issues; Parallaction: fixed a bug in one of the puzzles; squashed a number of bugs in the GUI. Also iPhone, Symbian, WinCE ports... read more >>

Another update to the MAME emulator. Check below for the download and changelog, Via 1Emulation, MAMETesters Bugs Fixed ————————————– - 02399: [Known Issues/To-Do's] qmhayaku : Sound CPU is running at 4MHz in real machine. (Luigi30) - 03115: [Graphics] nss_smw: Tilemap issue when displaying game map (Angelo Salese) - 00767: [DIP/Input] bshark, bsharkj: Analog stick input is broken since 0.112u4. (Derrick Renaud) - 03070: [DIP/Input] harddriv, racedriv, steeltal and clones: Games map some P1 inputs to P2 controls (Fabio Priuli) - 03105: [Documentation] quizmeku: Year... read more >>

Another update to the Saturn emulator. Here is the change log Via 1Emulation, SSF Ver0.10 alpha R3 Fixed the memory access process. Processing of SCSP was corrected PCM generated. FM processing of SCSP was corrected. BIOS emulating processing was corrected. State data saved version has changed. Fixed a bug that does not reflect changes immediately after the key set of connected devices in the controller settings. Established a treatment option to a thread generated by the sound. Until now have been generated in another thread, when you get the timing generated by the main thread (especially streaming). It is slightly heavier in the formation... read more >>

The internet’s best retro emulator has just been updated with some minor bug fixes. Here more information on the changes Via 1Emulation, MAMETesters Bugs Fixed ———————- - 03106: [Sound] mouja: Sound Effects/Voice missing (Angelo Salese) - 03065: [Crash/Freeze] All sets in namcos12.c: [debug] MAME asserts during load time (Aaron Giles) - 03069: [Crash/Freeze] All sets in midzeus.c: [debug] MAME asserts during load time (Aaron Giles) Source Changes —————————– Documented the www.segaresurrection.com decrypted Ninja Kids II sound rom so it... read more >>

Stella, the Atari 2600 emulator has now been updated. Hit the link below for your OS of choice. Via 1Emulation.com, - Added support for ‘EF’ bankswitching (Paul Slocum Homestar Runner), as well as auto-detection of this format. - Added support for ‘EFSC’ bankswitching, as well as auto-detection of this format. This is similar to the ‘EF’ scheme, but also includes 128 bytes SuperChip RAM. - Added autodetection for ‘0840′ and ‘SB’ bankswitching formats. - Improved autodetection for ‘UA’ bankswitching format. - Fixed bug in selecting video modes larger than the current screen;... read more >>

The folks over at PCSX2 have just put out another update for their PS2 Beta emulator. You can find the new release files through the link below. File: PCSX2 Beta 976 Plugins: April 14th Release [Source PCSX2]  Read More →

The latest version of Raine looks like it fixed some bugs. Here’s some more information Via NeoRaine, NeoRaine (1.2.6) * There was again a bug in the crc calculation of the cache, which prevented neoraine to load a file it should have loaded from the game in some cases. Since I really had too many bugs of this kind, I completely disabled the optimization and thus fixed this bug for good this time. You should get much more reliable savegames now, especially with games which load tons of files like king of fighters. (It also affects normal play, when loading files between rounds). * See raine 0.51.5 changelog for generic changes in this version... read more >>

The best Sega Saturn emulator, just got a little better. This emulator continues to impress me, especially since it already runs near perfect. But for those who feel it could use some improving, here’s what has you should expect with the latest version: Via DCEmu, Sega Saturn emulator for Windows has been updated. Changes: - improved memory access; - improved video processor emulation; - improved BIOS emulation. File: SSF_010_alpha_R2.zip Alternative: http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~phantasy/ssf/files/SSF_010_alpha_R2.zip [Source emu-russia.net]  Read More →